8.0 problems.

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hi Greg,

Well, Microsoft is certainly better than RedHat when it comes to allowing
proper accessibility of its training materials.  So, in this area of
accessibility, RedHat falls behind Microsoft!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: 8.0 problems.


> Hmm, makes redhat sound like a microsoft of the gnu/linux world.
>
> Greg
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:11:23PM -0400, Tommy Moore wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me the problems Jason had in getting his certification.
> > From what I've seen RH putting Speakup in to their distro is a good
thing nad their supporting accessibility of technology not taking it away or
refusing to let it in to the distro.
> >
> > As of now Speakup is supported by both RH and Slack. And as for the most
GPL heavygroup Debian, Speakup won't be in that distro for quite some time
to come I suspect aside from the modified installers we make.
> > I've actually tried several times to see about getting speakup included
in to the distro and the idea I got back from them was basically, its a nice
product but doesn't benefit the majority of us so we won't include it in to
the install process.
> > In a way I do see their point because there's not only that issue to
deal with we'd also have to make it work on all the different machine types
debian runs on and we don't have any way of testing this.
> >
> > So to those who think RH is the bad guy in this market their not in my
opinion.
> >
> > Hate to say it this way but when people think of linux they think of Red
Hat so having Speakup out there for the general public to get their hands on
is a good thing.
> >
> > Tommy
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 01:27:13PM -0700, Darrell Shandrow wrote:
> > > Hi Adam,
> > >
> > > Oh, well, RedHat has clearly shown its distain for open standards and
the
> > > entire open-source GPL principle through its poor handling of
accessibility
> > > issues surrounding its certification exams and its course materials.
> > > Further, RedHat may have even shown malice toward at least one blind
person,
> > > by doing almost everything possible to try and stand in his way of
earning
> > > his RHCE certification.  Jason's testimonial of how RedHat attempted
to
> > > deliberately stand in his way of earning his RHCE is still resonating
within
> > > me, and I'm still trying to figure out how to channel this new anger
toward
> > > RH in order to get them to make appropriate changes!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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